TeamHealth

Emergency Medicine Assistant Medical Director in Alabaster, AL

Alabaster, AL

full-time
Inpatient

Join our high-performing team at Shelby Baptist Medical Center in Alabaster, Alabama, as the emergency medicine assistant medical director. Be part of a collaborative, stable, and supportive EM group with strong physician and APC partnerships. Serve in a busy, well-equipped community hospital with excellent specialty backup!
 
Qualifications and Leadership Duties

  • Leadership experience strongly preferred
  • ABEM/AOBEM: board certified or board eligible
  • Support the facility medical director in overseeing ED operations and clinical performance
  • Provide guidance to the team to ensure high-quality, evidence-based patient care
  • Monitor patient outcomes, identify opportunities for improvement and implement initiatives that enhance care, quality and efficiency
  • Champion safety and best practices throughout the emergency department

Opportunity Overview

  • ED Volume: approximately 30k annual visits
  • Shift Structure: 8- to 10-hour physician shifts
  • Coverage: robust physician + APC coverage daily
  • Support: strong nursing staff and ancillary staff
  • EPIC EMR for smooth documentation and workflow

Location Perks: Alabaster, Alabama

  • Fast-growing Birmingham suburb with excellent schools and affordability
  • Easy access to Birmingham's dining, sports, and cultural hubs
  • Close to outdoor activities including state parks, lakes, and trails

Apply today to learn more. 

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Position Highlights:

  • Competitive hourly compensation
  • Assistant medical director monthly stipend
  • Independent contractor (1099) status
  • Professional liability insurance provided
  • Work closely with the facility medical director to support clinical operations, quality initiatives, and physician engagement
  • Mentor and support EM physicians and advanced practice clinicians
  • Collaborate with hospital leadership on departmental growth and performance

Alabaster, Alabama

The City of Alabaster is a wonderful place to raise a family. That is why more and more residents have flocked to Alabaster, making it the largest city in Shelby County. Population figures put the population of Alabaster at close to 25,000. Alabaster has become a well-rounded community with a wide variety of entertainment, recreation, and retail opportunities. That makes Alabaster a great place to live and do business.

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About TeamHealth

At TeamHealth, our purpose is to perfect physicians' ability to practice medicine, every day, in everything we do. Through our more than 20,000 affiliated physicians and advanced practice clinicians, TeamHealth offers outsourced emergency medicine, hospital medicine, critical care, anesthesiology, orthopedic hospitalist, acute care surgery, obstetrics and gynecology hospitalist, ambulatory care, post-acute care and medical call center solutions to approximately 3,300 acute and post-acute facilities and physician groups nationwide. Our philosophy is as simple as our goal is singular: we believe better experiences for physicians lead to better outcomes—for patients, hospital partners and physicians alike. Join our team; we value and empower clinicians. Partner with us; we deliver on our promises. Learn more at www.teamhealth.com.

Posted March 1, 2026

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